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The Media Roundup provides links to recent and archived articles, in both English and French, on immigration and diversity appearing in the national and local news. Some international content is also included. Articles are updated weekly.
La chancelière allemande Angela Merkel s’est engagée lundi lors du congrès de sa formation, l’Union chrétienne-démocrate (CDU), à réduire « sensiblement » l’afflux d’immigrants en Allemagne, répondant en cela aux inquiétudes de la base face à l’arrivée d’un million de réfugiés cette année.
Engineers are trained to solve countless problems, but immigration integration is usually not among them. That’s exactly what three international students from India who are taking their engineering master’s degree at McMaster University are hoping to do through a project drawing from their experiences immigrating to Canada. Transportation, accommodation, language barriers, paperwork, SIN numbers, drivers’ licences and banking can all be a confusing mess for immigrants, said project member Hashmeen Bains, who came to Canada at the beginning of this semester.
Quelques heures à peine après leur arrivée dans la métropole, des Syriens pourront déjà être témoins d’un élan de solidarité à leur endroit. Dimanche après-midi, un rassemblement se tiendra aux abords du bureau du premier ministre Justin Trudeau, dans sa circonscription de Papineau, à Montréal.
Rarement a-t-on vu une déferlante de solidarité d’une ampleur semblable à celle dont bénéficient actuellement les réfugiés syriens. La société civile se mobilise pour leur assurer le maximum de confort. Les dons de vêtements, de jouets et d’articles divers dépassent les besoins des nouveaux arrivants et nombreux sont ceux qui s’activent […].
http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2015/12/13/solidarite-a-deux-vitesses
Even as students and faculty on university campuses cope with busy exam and end-of-term schedules, they are finding the time to raise money, organize crowdfunding campaigns and offer tutoring services to Syrian refugees hoping to study in Canada. Some of these efforts are offered by benefactors with deep pockets — but much of it is about students and staff pooling their more meagre resources to offer assistance during a humanitarian crisis.
http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/montreal-universities-gearing-up-for-syrian-refugees
Syrians are fleeing violence for a new life in a mostly cold country where the language and culture are far removed from the place they call home. But Immigration officials in Canada say they are doing everything possible to ease the integration of thousands of displaced families into communities where they will have the support of resettlement agencies and ordinary Canadians who are giving their money and their time to make the transition work.